Leading rack



F. H. KINSMAN.

LEADING RACK. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28. 1921. RENEWED NOV. 26.1921.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

/5 7 fl W' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

FRANK H. KINSMAN, OF NEVADA, IOWA.

LEADING RACK.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Application filed January 28, 1921, Serial No. 440,750. Renewed November 26, 1921. Serial No. 518,069.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. KINSMAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Nevada, in the county of Story and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Leading Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a leading device or rack, adaptedto be secured to the, rear of a wagon, body, or the like, and to have the horse or horses of the rear wagon, connected therewith.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character, adapted to prevent the horse or horses of the rear wagon, from=moving forwardly too close to the front wagon, whereby the end gate or the like of the front wagon may be broken, by the pole or the like of the rear wagon.

A further objectof the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character adapted to be securely held in the, opened or active position, to be'swung to an upper position to permit of the discharge of the material from the rear end of the wagon body at an elevator or the like, and to be swung to a lower position, out of the Way, and held in such lower position, when not in use. 7

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character which is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, convenient in use, and may be installed upon the ordinary 'agon body without materially altering the construction thereof.

(lther objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention, showing it in the active or horizontal position;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the rack raised, to permit of the discharge of material from the rear end of the wagon body;

Figure 3 is a similar view with the rack held in the lower position;

Figure a is a detail vertical section through a holding bracket, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the elements of the rack, separated, and in a position to be assembled.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration, is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 10 designates a wagon body, of any well known or preferred type, having an end gate 11.

My device or leading rack embodies a preferably U-shaped frame 12, which may be preferably formed of a metal rod, bent into the desired shape. Each end of this U-shaped frame 12 is bent into a hook 13, inserted in an eye 14, for pivotal movement therein, this eye being secured to the body of the wagon, at its rear end. It is thus seen that the frame 12 is adapted to be swung in avertical plane in relation to the body of the wagon. The frame is preferably reinforced or stiffened by diagonal rods 15, connected therewith, as shown. v

The numeral 16 designates eyes or loops, preferably secured to the frame 12, near or at its corners, and these eyes may be employed to receive the lines, or the like, for hitching the horse or horses, of the rear team, to the frame 12, while of course the invention is in no sense restricted to this idea, as other suitable forms of connecting means may be employed.

The numeral 16 designates diagonal supporting or looking rods, each of which, Figure 5, is provided at its outer end with an eye 17, to receive a pivot element or bolt 18, and passing through an aperture 19, in a flattened portion 20 of the frame 12, which flattened portion is arranged near the outer end of the frame. Each supporting rod 16 is adapted for insertion through a preferably vertically arranged slotted guide 17, rigidl secured to the side of the wagon body, by any suitable means. The supporting rod is provided at its inner end with a depending stop portion 18 and outwardly of and near and spaced from the stop 18 with a laterallyextending U-shaped locking portion 19, as shown.

The numeral 20 designates a preferahlv horizontally arranged locking bracket, at tached to the side of the wagon body.

In operation the frame j be swung to the more or less horizontal position. Figure 1, and held in this position by the looking portions 19 of. the rods 16' engaginaover the lower end walls or the slotted guides 17. The draft animals of the rear team may be connected short with the name 12, by any suitable means, and hence will be retained a suitable distance in the rear of the forward wagon body,so that theycannot approach the same too closely, tocause injury to the end gate thereof. lVhen it is desired to unload or dump material from the rear end of the wagon, the frame 12 maybe swung upwardly, Figure 2, which is accomplished by moving the locking por- ,tiQns 19 out ofiengagement with the walls of the slottedguides, and then shifting the frame upwardly, the laterally extending stops 18 serving to limit this outward move ment. [When the device isnot in use, it is lowered to the position in Figure 3, and the upper endfofeachsupporting rod 16 is then preferably passed through the looking .bracket'QO. The rod 16 being slightly resilient, its upper end may be bent rearwardlysufficiently, the rod engaging the upper end wall of the slotted bracket 17, sothat. the stop 18 may, clear the locking bracket 20, and pass therethrough and above vthe-same. The rod may now spring forward-ly,',the stop: 18 engaging above and Over bracket -20, and the locking portion 19Hengaging or being arranged adjacent theiouter end of thebracketQO. The frame 12 is therefore securely held in the lowered position, and; the rods 16; held against un due movement and rattling. It is tovbe understood thatvthe form of my invention herewith 'shownand described isto be takenasa preferred example of the same-,and;thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may. be re- So-rtedit-O ,WitllOHt departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subj oined cl ims- V Having thus described vmy invention,-I claim? 1, A leading device comprising, a frame pivotally-connected with the rear portion of ajpwagon-body or the like, said frame being adapted toth'avethe draft animal or-animals of the rear wagon hitched thereto, said frame also being adapted to be shifted to raised and lowered positions, and means to hold the frame in the ra1sed positlon.

2. A leading device comprising, a frame pivotally connected wlth the rear portion of a wagon-body or the like, 'saidframebemg ,adapted to have the draft animalor ani mals of the rear team hitchedthereto,said frame also being adapted to be shifted to opened and closed positions, supporting means connected with the frame, and means to lock the supporting means'to the'wagon body. I 7

3. A leadingrdevice comprising, aframe pivotally connected with the rear portion of a wagonbody or the like, said frame being adapted .-,to have the draft animal or animals of the rear team hitched thereto, said frame also beingvadapted tojbe swung to opened and closed positions, diagonal supporting ,rods pivotally connected with the 7 frame and provided near their free ends with Ursh aped locking portions, and slotted brackets .securedto the wagon body and receiving thesupporting rods.

4. A leading device of the character describedecomprising a frame pivotally connected with a wagon body or the like,.a-nd

adapted tosassumeopenedand closed posi-e .tions, supporting rods pivotally connected i th fr an p o ided near their free ends with U-shaped locking portions and at their free ends rwith transverse stops, sub- FRANK 1-1. KINSMAN. 

